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Disability group hoping to encourage Tasmania’s tourism industry to be more accessible to everyone
The ground below Mole Creek in Tasmania’s north is home to a stunning karst system of caves, sinkholes and gorges.
Key points:
- Around a quarter of Tasmanians have a disability
- Community organisation Disability Voices Tasmania wants to help the state’s tourism industry become more accessible
- A group of people with disabilities is producing a film to show tourism businesses how they can be inclusive
Cave guide Deb Hunter takes visitors into the hidden world underground, focussing on the undeveloped caves.
“We can go further than just an entrance view,” she said.
“We can go and see glow worms, we can see running streams and ancient forms of animals that are found nowhere else in the world.”
Ms Hunter found out as an adult that she was high…
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